Russia launches largest airstrike since start of the war, Ukraine officials say

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A caller question of Russian airstrikes killed astatine slightest 1 idiosyncratic and wounded six others successful Ukraine arsenic hopes for a breakthrough successful the efforts to extremity the three-year-old war were further dashed.

Russia fired a full of 537 aerial weapons astatine Ukraine, including 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles, Ukraine's aerial unit said. It was "the astir monolithic airstrike" since the warfare began aft Russia's full-scale penetration successful February 2022, Yuriy Ihnat, caput of communications for Ukraine's aerial force, told The Associated Press

The aerial unit said 249 drones were changeable down and 226 were lost, apt having been electronically jammed.

Aftermath of Russian rocket and drone attacks successful Smila

The onslaught targeted respective regions, including occidental Ukraine, acold from the beforehand line.

One idiosyncratic died successful a drone onslaught successful the Kherson region, Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin said, portion different was killed erstwhile a drone deed a car successful the Kharkiv region, according to its Gov. Oleh Syniehubov. Six radical were wounded successful Cherkasy, including a child, according to determination Gov. Ihor Taburets.

In the far-western Lviv region, a ample occurrence broke retired astatine an concern installation successful the metropolis of Drohobych pursuing a drone onslaught that besides chopped energy to parts of the city.

Ukraine's aerial unit said one of its F-16 warplanes supplied by its Western partners crashed aft sustaining harm portion shooting down aerial targets. The aviator died.

"The aviator utilized each of his onboard weapons and changeable down 7 aerial targets. While shooting down the past one, his craft was damaged and began to suffer altitude," the Air Force said connected the Telegram messaging app, according to Reuters.

Russia's defence ministry said it had changeable down 3 Ukrainian drones overnight.

Two radical were wounded successful different Ukrainian drone onslaught connected the metropolis of Bryansk successful occidental Russia, determination Gov. Alexander Bogomaz said Sunday morning, adding that 7 Ukrainian drones had been changeable down implicit the region.

Meanwhile, Russia claimed Sunday that it had taken power of the colony of Novoukrainka successful the partially Russian-occupied Donetsk region.

Russian forces person been dilatory grinding guardant astatine immoderate points connected the astir 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) beforehand line, though their incremental gains person been costly successful presumption of unit casualties and damaged armor.

In different developments, Russia's overseas quality chief, Sergei Naryshkin, said helium had spoken connected the telephone with his U.S. counterpart, CIA Director John Ratcliffe.

"I had a telephone telephone with my American counterpart and we reserved for each different the anticipation to telephone astatine immoderate clip and sermon issues of involvement to us," Naryshkin said successful remarks to authorities TV newsman Pavel Zarubin, who posted them connected his Telegram transmission connected Sunday.

People instrumentality structure wrong a metro presumption during a Russian subject onslaught successful Kyiv

Sunday's attacks travel Russian President Vladimir Putin's comments 2 days agone that Moscow is acceptable for a caller circular of direct bid talks successful Istanbul.

However, the warfare shows nary signs of abating arsenic U.S.-led planetary bid efforts person truthful acold produced nary breakthrough. Two caller rounds of talks betwixt the Russian and Ukrainian delegations successful Istanbul were little and yielded nary advancement connected reaching a settlement.

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